Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Oscar* McLollie	For the Good Times	ST	04:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Truly	You And I	01:52
Ellen McIlwaine	Regretting Blues	Everybody Needs It	02:27
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Alpha Centauri	Make it at Rock 'n' Roll	ST	02:29
Nelson* Riddle	The Route of the Haidas	British Columbia Suite	03:34
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Happy Dolls	Shake Your Booty	Show Album No. 1	02:57
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Tony McManus	Chalaneru	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	03:23
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	We the People	03:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST (mono)	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Matt* Lucas	Herpes Blues	Matt Gets Blue	06:30
Ursa Major*	Silverspoon	ST	06:16
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	I Need You	Amist the Black Eyes	02:35
Matt* Lucas	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Maple Sugar Two Step	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:10
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Boots	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:36
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Honky Tonk Angel	05:06
Priscilla* Rollins	Tell Him that You Love Him	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Ursa Major*	Back to the Land	ST	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Toe Hold	Honky Tonk Angel	04:32
Matt* Lucas	Vibrator Blues	Matt Gets Blue	04:10
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	(There's a Lot of Different Kind of) People in the World	Love Serenade	03:02
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Honky Tonk Angel	02:22
Priscilla* Rollins	Sweet Inspiration	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:33
Zambonis*	To Bleed Black and Gold	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:55
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Reapers Harvest	Ukrainian Pops	03:04
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Jonathan Edwards	Evangelina	Sailboat	03:45
Cal* Bostic	Georgie Girl	Introducing...	01:56
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Priscilla* Rollins	You Send Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:42
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Cal* Bostic	In Love Again (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	The Lady is a Tramp	Amist the Black Eyes	02:38
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Hutsal Ksenia	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Happy Dolls	Pick Up the Pieces	Show Album No. 1	03:59
Jonathan Edwards	Carolina Caroline	Sailboat	03:13
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Matt* Lucas	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Priscilla* Rollins	Sad Movies	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:38
Jack Holland	The Time Or the Place	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:46
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Theme For the Countless	And I Love Her	02:20
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Time After Time	And I Love Her	03:12
Ellen McIlwaine	Mossy Dream	Fear Itself	02:49
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	You're My Honey	I'm a Song	02:18
Doc Holiday*	Canadian State of Mind	Canadian State of Mind b/w Canadian State of Mind	03:37
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Albert Jones*	You Just Can't Turn Me Loose	The Facts of Life	02:59
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Matt* Lucas	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Priscilla* Rollins	Goody Goody	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:26
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Hopak	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:13
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Jakiv Came to Visit	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:03
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt* Lucas - Matt Gets Blue

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Matt* Lucas - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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